面试英语口语脱口而出 第80期:品质性格

 　　1.What do you think of your dispositions²?

　　你认为你的性格如何？

　　2.How do you get along with people who have different characters?

　　你怎么和不同性格的人相处？

　　3.I am always cheerful and optimistic.

　　我总是很乐观开朗。

　　4 I am somewhat on the shy side by nature，not really outgoing.

　　我觉得自己天生比较害羞，不怎么外向。

　　5.They will say Xiao Wang is a friendly, sentimental³ and trust-worthy person.

　　他们会说小王是个友好、多愁善感、值得信赖的人。

　　6.I admire those who are honest，liberal, and considerate.

　　我欣赏诚实、心胸宽广、善解人意的人。

　　7.My strongest characteristic is my cheerfulness and friendliness⁴.

　　我最大的性格特点是开朗和友好。

　　8.I am conservative and I stick to my principles and keep to rules.

　　我是保守的人；我坚持原则，遵规守矩。

　　9.Basically I am independent, efficient and easygoing.

　　基本上我是个思想独立、工作有效、待人随和的人。

　　10.Perhaps peqjle think I am too conceited⁵, but sometimes we need to have some confidence in ourselves.

　　也许人们觉得我太自负了，但是有时候我们有必要对自己有信心。

　　Dialogue 1

　　对话 1

　　A: What do you think of your dispositions?

　　A: 你认为你的性格如何?

　　B: Well, I am always cheerful and optimistic. Sometimes, I may he a person of nervous disposition¹. But generally speaking, I am outgoing and energctic.

　　B: 呃，我总是很乐观开朗，但是偶尔会有点神经质。总体来讲，我是外向型的、精力充沛的一个人。

　　A: How do you get along with people who have different characters?

　　A: 你怎么和不同性格的人相处？

　　B: I will try to adapt myself.

　　B: 我试着调整自己吧。

　　Dialogue 2

　　对话 2

　　A: What kind of personality do you admire?

　　A: 你欣赏哪种性格的人？

　　B: I admire those who are honest, liberal, and considerate.

　　B: 我欣赏诚实、心胸宽广、善解人意的人。

　　A: How do get along with those people?

　　A: 你和这样的人相处得如何?

　　B: I gel along with them quite well.

　　B: 相处得很好。

1 disposition   

n.性情，性格；意向，倾向；排列，部署

参考例句：

• He has made a good disposition of his property.他已对财产作了妥善处理。
• He has a cheerful disposition.他性情开朗。

2 dispositions   

安排( disposition的名词复数 )； 倾向； （财产、金钱的）处置； 气质

参考例句：

• We got out some information about the enemy's dispositions from the captured enemy officer. 我们从捕获的敌军官那里问出一些有关敌军部署的情况。
• Elasticity, solubility, inflammability are paradigm cases of dispositions in natural objects. 伸缩性、可缩性、易燃性是天然物体倾向性的范例。

3 sentimental   

adj.多愁善感的，感伤的

参考例句：

• She's a sentimental woman who believes marriage comes by destiny.她是多愁善感的人，她相信姻缘命中注定。
• We were deeply touched by the sentimental movie.我们深深被那感伤的电影所感动。

4 friendliness   

n.友谊，亲切，亲密

参考例句：

• Behind the mask of friendliness,I know he really dislikes me.在友善的面具后面，我知道他其实并不喜欢我。
• His manner was a blend of friendliness and respect.他的态度友善且毕恭毕敬。

5 conceited   

adj.自负的，骄傲自满的

参考例句：

• He could not bear that they should be so conceited.他们这样自高自大他受不了。
• I'm not as conceited as so many people seem to think.我不像很多人认为的那么自负。